{"id":34,"date":"2023-04-23T16:02:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T16:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidshobbies.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2023-04-23T20:22:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T20:22:50","slug":"simple-3d-printed-ham-radio-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidshobbies.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Simple 3D Printed Ham Radio Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my hobbies is amateur radio.  I&#8217;m primarily into HF digital modes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviamode.com\/\">Olivia<\/a> is my favorite), but I moved recently and haven&#8217;t figured out an antenna that will work at my new location.  VHF antennas are a lot smaller, so I have one of those up and running now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VHF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenwood.com\/i\/products\/info\/amateur\/tm261461.html\">radio<\/a> I have was originally intended to be mounted in a car, so it doesn&#8217;t have anything to prevent it from scratching the desk its sitting on.  I&#8217;ve been slowly building up my CAD skills, so I decided to design a simple stand to keep it off my desk and allow better airflow across the heat sink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidshobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230405_015633203.jpg?resize=640%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidshobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230405_015633203-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidshobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230405_015633203-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidshobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230405_015633203-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidshobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230405_015633203-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidshobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230405_015633203-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidshobbies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230405_015633203-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I printed it at 35% infill, and it came out rock solid.  I think this is the first print I got right on the first try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in printing your own, you can grab the STL from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printables.com\/model\/443174-kenwood-tm261a-stand\">Printables<\/a>.  I have the CAD files on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/DavidRamage\/tm261_stand\">my Github<\/a> too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my hobbies is amateur radio. 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